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Talks Will Commence in Earnest Next Year
GENEVA (JTA) —
Premier Yitzhak Rabin
expressed himself as
"hopeful" and certain
that Arab-Israeli negoti-
ations for a Mideast peace
settlement would begin in
earnest next year.
Rabin, who was in
Geneva for the three-day
13th conference of the
Socialist International,
stressed that Israel "is
ready to negotiate in
Geneva or anywhere else
for peace or near peace
with the Arab states."
But he insisted that the
negotiations must be
conducted in the
framework of Security
Council Resolution 242
and without the partici-
pation of the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
Rabin was one of the
main speakers at the con-
ference. He was expected
to ask the Socialist
"brother parties" to
strengthen their support
for Israel as the only par-
liamentary democracy in
the Middle East.
Meanwhile, it was
learned that former Chan-
cellor Willy Brandt of
West Germany, the newly
elected president of the
Socialist International,
and Premier Mario Soares
of Portugal have accepted
Rabin's invitation to come
to Israel in February for
the Labor Party confer-
ence. Other European
leaders expected to attend
as guests of the party in-
clude West German Chan-
cellor Helmut Schmidt and
Chancellor Bruno Kreisky
of Austria.
Premier Rabin defined
his country's policy to-
ward Lebanon as one of
non-intervention in its
domestic affairs while
safeguarding Israel's se-
curity. He called for- an
early resumption of the
Geneva conference for
Middle East peace- and
proposed that it be
modeled on the European
Security Conference held
at Helsinki in the summer
of 1975.
The Israeli leader was
elected one of the
Socialist International's
15 vice-presidents.
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Rabin said that Israel
was prepared to discuss
territorial readjust-
ments. "We do not con-
sider existing lines as fi-
nal, de facto realities," he
declared. But he made it
clear that a Middle East
peace conference "must
not attempt the impossi-
ble through a futile illu-
sion that history can be
put back." He also
stressed that only the
heads of the sovereign
governments in that re-
gion and the two major
powers — the U.S. and the
Soviet Union — should
attend.
Israel is ready, Rabin
said, for renewal of the
Geneva conference which
could become "the Hel-
sinki of the Arab-Israeli
dispute." The "purpose,
pattern, composition,
agenda and principles" of
the Helsinki talks "all
have application (at
Geneva) in spirit if not
exactly in letter," he de-
clared. Rabin proposed
that "the concept,
mechanics and procedure
used in the Helsinki talks
should be used in the
Arab-Israeli conflict."
Referring to the more
immediate situation in
Lebanon, he told newsmen
that Israel "will not toler-
ate the presence of Syrian
forces in south Lebanon
nor will it allow this area to
be used for terrorist pur-
poses as it was in the past."
He said "the best solution
is for a Lebanese indepen=
dent force to be stationed"
in that region.
The conference of the
Socialist International is
re arded as vitally im-
pntant for Israel on two
levels. It provided a world
forum for Rabin to pre-
sent Israel's views on
Middle East peace and
other global problems
and an opportunity for
the Israeli Premier to sol-
idify his relationship with
Socialist leaders, some of
whom presently govern
their. countries.
Israeli circles here
have reason to be satis-
fied with the Socialist In-
ternational conference.
The "Bureau" of the In-
ternational decided to
continue its activities to
find compromise for-
mulas to settle the
Israeli-Arab dispute.
Israeli sources said
they were "pleased" with
this arrangement. They
also expressed satisfac-
tion with the Interna-
tional's refusal to accept
the representatives of
five Arab countries either
as members or consulting
advisors. The sources
claimed that this was
only right since none of
the five countries —
Algeria, Tunisia, Mo-
rocco, Egypt and Syria —
were either independent
or socialist.
Another cause for
satisfaction among the
Israelis was the resolu-
tion drafted by the Inter-
national's Bureau and
adopted by the confer-
ence.
The resolution affirms
Israel's right to exist
within secure borders
and calls for resumption
of the Geneva conference
with the original partici-
pants. It does not men-
tion the Palestinians di-
rectly or indirectly. Only
Senegal and Malta ex-
pressed "misgivings"
over the failure to include
the Palestinians but they
did not vote against the
resolution.
In Washington, Michi-
gan Sen. Robert P. Grif-
fin, a member of a 12-man
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee group which
made a trip to the Middle
East, has returned to
Washington convinced all
sides of the conflict there
are now "ready and ripe"
for a "comprehensive
peace settlement."
Griffin was joined by
Sen. Abraham D. Ribicoff
(D-Conn.) on the trip.
Ribicoff explained that
the time was never more
ripe for a peace settle-
ment because of the situ-
ation in Lebanon which
"deeply hurt the PLO,"
the Arab states' approval
for Syria to "take over"
Lebanon, Egypt's pre-
sent difficult economic
situation, the realization
that "Israel is here to
stay as a viable nation"
and "recognition of this
by the Arab countries."
At the same time, the
United States continued to
avoid becoming publicly
committed to any sug-
gested formula for ap-
proaches towards peace in
the Middle East or to be-
come involved openly in
resolving the situation in
Southern Lebanon which
contains threats to Israel's
security.
The U.S. "remains
committed to maintain
the peace process" in the
Middle East, State De-
partment spokesman
Frederick Brown said
after noting that over the
past several weeks "a
number of participants"
have expressed com-
ments on the "need for
new moves" in the area.
Brown said that the
U.S. is "not making any
proposals" for resolving
the situation in Southern
Lebanon regarding Is-
rael's warnings that it
will not tolerate Palestin-
ian terrorists or Syrian
military in that area from
which the Palestinians
staged raids on Israeli
settlements. Brown said
the U.S. is not "convey-
ing" any proposals or as-
surances but is only mak-
ing sure the viewpoints of
the parties involved are
clearly understood. Hey`
also said that the U.S. is
supporting Lebanese
President Elias Sarkis'
establishment of author-
ity throughout Lebanon.
In a related develop-
ment, Mapam's Political
Committee has de-
manded aspen and clear
respon0• Israel to any
ge nu iric even prop-
aganda,
Ace move by
the Atibg,
The committee adopted
a resolution which said any
Israeli rejection of such
moves wilnead to the sus-
picion thifIsrael is trying
to avoid a settlement of the
Middle East conflict.
Mapam called on the
government to begin a
world-wide political cam-
paign stressing Israel's
willingness to make ter-
ritorial compromises in
return for secure and rec-
ognized borders. The res-
olution said Israel should
announce its readiness to
negotiatovith any Pales-
tinian factor that will
recogniie Israel's right to
exist.
Meanwhile, Foreign
Minister Yigal Allon said
that the new Riyadh-
Cairo-Damascus axis
poses the most serious
threat of war for Israel,
but also contains glim-
mers of prospects toward
peace. He reiterated that
Israel is ready for direct
peace talks with no pre-
conditions but will never
accept dictates from the
Arabs or any outside
power. He proposed a
mutual agreement with
Lebanon to maintain
peace and security in the
border area.
Ikrit-Birim Issue Revived
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The long-debated issue of
the Arab villages of Ikrit
and Birim in northern Is-
rael is about to be re-
vived. MK Yossi Sarid of
the Labor Alignment said
he would ask the Align-
ment's central committee
to support the return of
villagers to those sites
from which they were
evacuated 28 years ago.
The Birim villagers are
Maronite Christians and
those from Ikrit are of the
Greek Orthodox faith.
They were relocated
after Israel's war for in-
dependence in 1948 on
grounds of security and
promised they could re-
turn to their homes once
the situation on the
northern borders
stabilized. But three
years later the army de-
clared the village sites a
security zone and razed
all of the buildings.
The matter has long
been a sore spot in Is-
rael's relations with its
Arab population, particu-
larly as the Birim and
Ikrit , villagers are
friendly to the Jewish
state. A court order di-
rected their return but
the government decided
otherwise in 1972 despite
peaceful protests by
Arabs and Jewish sup-
porters.
The political climate has
changed since then. For
one thing, Israel has
opened its borders to
Maronite Christians from
southern Lebanon and
their co-religionists in Is-
rael feel they should be al-
lowed the same fyeedom of
movement.
For another, Golda
Meir who was adamantly
opposed to return is no
longer in office. The
Labor Alignment, no
longer under Mrs. Meir's
influence, may change its
position on the issue.